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A man has been charged with murder for the strangulation of his childís mother last year in north suburban Skokie.

Jermaine Powell, 38, was charged Thursday with two counts of murder and one count of aggravated domestic battery for the death of 31-year-old Catherine Benyamin, according to a statement from Skokie police.

Powell was ordered held without bond on the murder charges, and is expected to appear in court again Feb. 2.